Added ability to reload BentoBox's configuration using /bbox reload

#370

src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/BentoBox.java

@@ -101,14 +101,13 @@ public class BentoBox extends JavaPlugin {
         // Load Flags
         flagsManager = new FlagsManager(this);
 
-        // Load settings from config.yml. This will check if there are any issues with it too.
+        if (!loadSettings()) {
-        settings = new Config<>(this, Settings.class).loadConfigObject("");
+            // We're aborting the load.
-        if (settings == null) {
-            // Settings did no load correctly. Disable plugin.
-            logError("Settings did not load correctly - disabling plugin - please check config.yml");
-            getPluginLoader().disablePlugin(this);
             return;
         }
+        // Saving the config now.
+        new Config<>(this, Settings.class).saveConfigObject(settings);
+
         // Start Database managers
         playersManager = new PlayersManager(this);
         // Check if this plugin is now disabled (due to bad database handling)
@@ -223,10 +222,6 @@ public class BentoBox extends JavaPlugin {
         if (islandsManager != null) {
             islandsManager.shutdown();
         }
-        // Save settings - ensures admins always have the latest config file
-        if (settings != null) {
-            new Config<>(this, Settings.class).saveConfigObject(settings);
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -302,6 +297,25 @@ public class BentoBox extends JavaPlugin {
         return settings;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Loads the settings from the config file.
+     * If it fails, it can shut the plugin down.
+     * @return {@code true} if it loaded successfully.
+     * @since 1.3.0
+     */
+    public boolean loadSettings() {
+        log("Loading Settings from config.yml...");
+        // Load settings from config.yml. This will check if there are any issues with it too.
+        settings = new Config<>(this, Settings.class).loadConfigObject();
+        if (settings == null) {
+            // Settings did not load correctly. Disable plugin.
+            logError("Settings did not load correctly - disabling plugin - please check config.yml");
+            getPluginLoader().disablePlugin(this);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the notifier
      */
@@ -387,6 +401,8 @@ public class BentoBox extends JavaPlugin {
         return Optional.ofNullable(metrics);
     }
 
+    // Overriding default JavaPlugin methods
+
     /* (non-Javadoc)
      * @see org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin#getDefaultWorldGenerator(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
      */
@@ -394,4 +410,12 @@ public class BentoBox extends JavaPlugin {
     public ChunkGenerator getDefaultWorldGenerator(String worldName, String id) {
         return addonsManager.getDefaultWorldGenerator(worldName, id);
     }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin#reloadConfig()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void reloadConfig() {
+        loadSettings();
+    }
 }

src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/configuration/Config.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 import world.bentobox.bentobox.BentoBox;
 import world.bentobox.bentobox.api.addons.Addon;
 import world.bentobox.bentobox.database.AbstractDatabaseHandler;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ public class Config<T> {
      * @param uniqueId - unique id of the object
      * @return the object or null if it cannot be loaded
      */
+    @Nullable
     public T loadConfigObject(String uniqueId) {
         try {
             return handler.loadObject(uniqueId);
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ public class Config<T> {
      * Loads a config object
      * @return the object or null if it cannot be loaded
      */
+    @Nullable
     public T loadConfigObject() {
         return loadConfigObject("");
     }

src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/commands/BentoBoxReloadCommand.java

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ import world.bentobox.bentobox.api.commands.ConfirmableCommand;
 import world.bentobox.bentobox.api.user.User;
 
 /**
- * Reloads addons and localization.
+ * Reloads settings, addons and localization.
  *
  * @author tastybento
  */
 public class BentoBoxReloadCommand extends ConfirmableCommand {
 
     /**
-     * Reloads locales command
+     * Reloads settings, addons and localization command
-     * @param parent - command parent
+     * @param parent command parent
      */
     public BentoBoxReloadCommand(CompositeCommand parent) {
         super(parent, "reload");
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ public class BentoBoxReloadCommand extends ConfirmableCommand {
     @Override
     public boolean execute(User user, String label, List<String> args) {
         this.askConfirmation(user, () -> {
+            // Reload settings
+            getPlugin().loadSettings();
+            user.sendMessage("commands.bentobox.reload.settings-reloaded");
+
             // Reload addons
             getPlugin().getAddonsManager().reloadAddons();
             user.sendMessage("commands.bentobox.reload.addons-reloaded");
@@ -38,6 +42,6 @@ public class BentoBoxReloadCommand extends ConfirmableCommand {
             getPlugin().getLocalesManager().reloadLanguages();
             user.sendMessage("commands.bentobox.reload.locales-reloaded");
         });
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 }

src/main/resources/locales/en-US.yml

@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ commands:
     about:
       description: "display copyright and license info"
     reload:
-      description: "reloads addons (if supported) and locale files"
+      description: "reloads settings, addons (if supported) and locales"
       locales-reloaded: "&2Languages reloaded."
       addons-reloaded: "&2Addons reloaded."
+      settings-reloaded: "&2Settings reloaded."
     version:
       plugin-version: "&2BentoBox version: &3[version]"
       description: "display info"